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I am having some problems getting Debian to install
on my system. Actually, it is one specific problem that keeps on popping
up again and again. I don't know if anyone can help me out, but I figure
it's worth asking.
The problem is, when I try to install Debian on my
system, either from the boot floppies or from the full ISO off the net (the most
recent ISO as of about 5 days ago), I get an error while it's loading the
installation kernel. It says:
keyboard timeout: AT keyboard not
detected
I ran into the same problem about a half year or so
ago, last time I tried to install Debian on my machine. My keyboard will
function perfectly fine until the kernel starts to boot, then it refuses to
respond; even numlock won't turn on or off.
If you think you might be able to help, here's some
quick details about my system. It's a 1.2GHz Athlon system with an ASUS
A7A266 motherboard, with 256 of DDR ram. It installed Mandrake 7 fine
several months ago, though attempts at installing SuSE or Debian have failed due
to the same error.
One thing I did notice when running the latest ISO,
was that the "bootfloppy" portion of the install was still dated as of
mid-2001. I don't know if maybe that might be why, maybe an outdated boot
kernel or something - though I don't know how to resolve that.
Anyway, any ideas are welcome.
Thanks!
- Paul Goins
Windows / (Wannabe) Linux
Developer
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